Me, too. I told my kids that since they're not in school and I'm working two jobs

• Is it too much to ask... - Not appreciated....
  • and contracts...works for me 20+ yrs..nm - from just about year 1, kids understand deals
    • to be more specific....sm.. - from just about year 1, kids understand deals
      • ALSO WORKS ON SPOUSES....*lol*..nm - from just about year 1, kids understand deals
        • there's an old expression....sm... - from just about year 1, kids understand deals
  • Nope, not to much to ask and we never should - Nanna23
  • What was wrong with trying to teach them when they were young? - And
  • what works for me--- - sm
    • Does not work for me - Chelle
    • Wow - I do the same thing! Works everytime. nm - Stressed Mom
    • Ditto, I work 2 PT jobs, which add up to 1 FT but am kept hopping - sm - Laura E.
  • A parent's job is to raise a child the way they should go as an adult .... - Sara
    • A parent's job is to raise a child but.... - Getting older
      • When my kids were teenagers, - mom2
  • You need a vacation ALONE. - Nyer
    • When I took a business trip one time, I came home to an immaculate house. - beware
  • Boils down to this - Patti
  • Unplug their internet connection nm - gets their attention every time!
  • Thanks to all... I did manage a chuckle or two - Not appreciated....
    • If I had the dough... - RadGuy
      • THANKS - Not appreciated....
  • I hear ya - Chelle
  • No, not at all. I'm in the same SM - Chickadee
    • Forget Aveeno or Calgon. - I hear ya!
      • ;) I hear ya! Cheers! NM - Chickadee
  • Here's what I do. I do the bathrooms, - mlstoo
  • My Mom got fed up with us one time... - RadGuy
  • You sound exactly like me. I'm working two jobs and my husband is going to school.. - AzMT
  • What would Dr. Phil say - Just me2
    • Who's got time to watch Dr. Phil? LOL Kidding.... - ditto
      • Listen to him on radio - Patti
  • Every day I make a chore list. Nothing major, just... - D
    • Tried that...but - Not appreciated....
      • That's okay too. Or like the other poster said, make them do it again. SM - Becky
      • Make them redo it and redo it until they get it right. - no halfway jobs allowed
  • Me, too. I told my kids that since they're not in school and I'm working two jobs - ditto
    • mom - ldt

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I have a 13 and 10-year-old.  I need to make a chore list, but that takes time too.  I seriously do not have five minutes to myself.  I'm working from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. and taking the kids to dance and baseball in between. 

This weekend should be slower for me.  I think I'll make my husband a chore list too (I bet he'll love that).

Just wanted to let you know that I totally understand what you are going through.

call her by her first name.  The little neighbor girl next door from the time she could speak called her Aggie (my mom's first name), and they were great buddies until the day my mom pased away. 

I don't think there really is much in a name, but more in the respect you are given and the way you are treated.   Personally, I kind of cringe inside when someone calls me Ms. Anything or God forbid, "maam" (makes me feel like Methuselah!) ... I'm always just plain Merrie.  :-)

But, as someone pointed out, to each his own.  If you want to be addressed a certain way, you have that right, and people should respect that.  I'm glad you corrected the child ... hope it "sticks."    

The doc's "words of wisdom" were that a small child's body knows when to rid itself of whatever it needs to get rid of and if you give a small child something like Pepto Bismol to try and stop the vomiting, you are only preventing them from ridding their systems of what they need to get rid of.  Makes sense.

Do look for signs of dehydration. Otherwise, get him a bowl and clean up the excess.

Hope he feels better.

when my child was in high school there were 3000 kids - 2 security officers and perhaps one cop (big huge city) - NOT ENOUGH TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.  Guns and knives were waiting with perp kids across the street from the public school buses, near the city buses....lots of knifings.......pulled my kid out and had her finish up elsewhere....where they did care about kids.......

Like I said elsewhere - if they (authorities) don't care about our kids, they don't care about our/their future either.......

:(((

It's amazing to me how many parents push their kids to the extreme with extracurricular activities.   I saw a cousin this weekend and her 2nd grader is taking 4 dance lessons (4-1/2 hours a week), an acting class (1 hour)  is in some special gifted program that meets 1 hour after school each week and is in the church kid's choir on Wednesdays.   This means this 7-year-old has 7-1/2 hours of extracurricular activities scheduled.  

I told her that my 6-year-old chooses 1 activity to participate in outside of church kids choir (meets on Sunday) and that's all she does. 

What about your kids if you have them?  If you have your child scheduled in a lot of things aren't you worried that they will burn out?  I've recently read stories that a lot of kids that are overscheduled are getting depressed and I can see why.

Teasers in school.  They just do it because they have no life, no self-esteem and they just try and feed off the misery of others or try to make themselves look better than everyone else.

It's very sad and so pathetic, but it carries on with these types through what is supposed to be adulthood.

Is this a combined medical biller/medical records assistant?  We really are out to dry!  See below...

Medical Records and Health Information Technicians

What they do: Assemble and assess patients' medical charts, determine a facility's Medicare and other insurance reimbursements, and use computer software to help improve patient care and cut costs.

What you need: An associate's degree and a written examination.

What it pays: Median annual pay was $25,590 in 2004.

Probably depends on the teachers and the corporate culture at your school.

Hello everyone.

                        I am trying to make up my mind on going to a MT training class.I have a few questions that i hope someone can help me with.

1.Is most of the work being sent overseas?

2.Are there any work at home companies that hire new grads,or would I have to work in a hospital...and is(hospital) and option with no experience?

3.If I can find a wah job how much should I plan on saving for equipment?

4.What is normal pay as a newbie.I know that it depends on the company,but what is average?

Thanks for any help that you all can provide.

How frustrating - 1 day in school and now a "bug".  We had this in our house before the holidays.  Everyone in the family had a turn with it, and now again!  I think antiseptic and antibacterials are needed in these schools.   Can't afford to be down for even 24 hours!

Just needed to vent my frustration here - my poor kiddies!

must you be so full of yourself?

I have been working at home since my first child was a day old and all I can say is you get used to it and so do they since they don't know any different.  I think it would be harder having them a bit older and then starting to work at home.  I took short breaks for feeding but worked during the regular work day other than that, just had the baby lying on a blanket next to my chair or in a bouncer seat or sometimes on my lap, and as he got older he started playing next to my desk.  The second time around I had twins, and well, that was a bit harder, but I fed them both at the same time and put them on the same feeding and nap schedules to maximize both work time and my sanity. 

Ya do what ya gotta do.

it's nice to hear all the positive things about mothers who work from home and have had good experiences keeping their kids home...I have had a different experience, though not negative, but honestly, my working from home and my kids knowing that I'm here was kind of hard in the sense that because I am at home, they think that I can stop typing and do for them...that is when they were smaller...now that my girls are older, they definitely respect my working at home, but when my son came along...it was kind of the same thing...he knows mommy is in a room typing at his home, and he wants to play with me or come in and talk or wants to go outside and play, which I would love to be able to do instead of work anyday!  LOL but of course, as you all can relate to, we have to work! 

Anyway, I just find it a little more difficult to work at home with kids...there are some days that I truly wish that I worked out of the home because it's stressful to try and work when you hear chaos going on in the other room.....not always, but typical arguing, my son crying about something, etc., but then when I look at all the good things that comes from that...me actually being here to go in and help them work through their problems, and knowing exactly what's going on in my home at all times, I wouldn't change it for the world and really feel fortunate, though I do have those moments when I'm ready to move my computer to my mother's house and drive to work everyday!!  LOL